Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Crew Dragon; Date: 16 November 2020, 0027 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Crew-1 mission is the first of six crewed missions NASA and SpaceX will fly as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Arianespace has given the “green light” for its Vega launch on 17 November (UTC) which will orbit a pair of European-built satellites: Spain’s SEOSAT-Ingenio and TARANIS of France.

NASA is now targeting 1717 UTC on Saturday, 21 November for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at least the next decade.

Rocket: Atlas V 531; Payload: NROL-101; Date: 13 November 2020, 2332 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The spacecraft was launched for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Rocket: Chang Zheng-3B/G2; Payload: Tiantong 1-02; Date: 12 November 2020, 1559 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 170 km x 35,820 km x 28.44 degrees geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Spaceflight Inc. announced that it is developing two additional next-generation orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that will debut in 2021.

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), and APT Satellite Company Limited (APT) have signed the contract of Apstar-6E satellite in-orbit delivery.

Due to impending weather and escalation of Hurricane Eta, ULA is now targeting Friday, 13 November at 2313 UTC for the launch of the NROL-101 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.